Tear gas v Twitter: a Turkish protester tells his story

Turks have taken to the streets in protest against their Islamist Prime Minister. An Australian who joined them in Istanbul last weekend, Erinch Sahan, explains why he did so -- and why you won't hear about in the Turkish media.

As I stood in the crowd of nervous but resolute protesters, I could hear the helicopters flying overhead. Some were saying that tear gas had been fired from helicopters, so a few of us were quite nervous. However, we continued chanting "this country is secular, and it will remain secular" as we crept forward towards the front line.

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